The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 21, 2072
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1848
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.64° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.06° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.